Improvement in toys



C. BOPP. Toy.

No. 221,441. Patented Nov. H, 1879.

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WITNESSES: I N VEJV TOR:

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

CHRISTIAN BOPP, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT lN TOYS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 221,441, dated November 11, 1879; application filed 7- August 8, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN BOPP, of Indianapolis, in the county of Marion, State of Indiana, have invented a new Improvement in Toys, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ot'reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a cheap and simple toy mechanical movement, which may be applied to operate toy engines and the like, or may beused simply as a toy.

The invention consists of the combination of bellows, air-chamber, and escapes with a horizontal and vertical wheel, having projecting points, upon which the blast of air from the bellows impinges.

In-the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a toy engine worked by my invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of the device embodying my invention. Fig. 3 is a top view of the same. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same on line .00 x on Fig. 3.

A is a box, in part of which the bellows are placed. b is the stationary top of bellows B, with air-escapes c 0 cut in it; and b is the movable bottom of bellows, with an air-hole, 0, cut through and covered by a valve, 0 A is a piece cut out of the bottom of box A and fastened to the bottom I) of bellows B, as a finger-board. His a spring to throw bottom of bellows B back in place. 0 is a casing sunk in box A around horizontal wheel G. F is a vertical wheel, with projecting points f on outer edge, to catch the air from escapes f or f, which turns wheel, giving a vertical motor. G is a horizontal wheel, with projecting points 9 on outer edge to catch the air from escape g, which turns wheel, giving a horizontal motor. f is an escape from air-chamber D, striking projecting points f on wheel F, and turning said wheel from left to right. f is an escape from air-chamber D, striking projecting points f on wheel F, and turning said wheel from right to left. g is an escape from air chamber D, striking projecting points 9 on wheel G, and turning said wheel. 70 is a device to cut off or turn on air to either side of wheel F, as desired.

The operation of my invention is as follows: When the movable bottom I) of bellows B is moved up by pressing A, the air contained in the bellows B is forced out through the airescapes c 0 into air-chamber D of box A. This forces the air already in chamber D through escape 9, operating horizontal wheel G, and through escape f or f", operating vertical Wheel F.

The spring H operates bellows when empty, throwing bottom plate 12 back. The bellows are tilled with air through valve 0 By repeatedly filling and emptying bellows B a current of air is produced, and works on the wheels F and G, thus moving mechanical toys connected with said wheels.

.By using device 70 the run of wheel F can be changed from either left or right, as desired.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of bellows B, air-chant ber D, escapes f and f and projecting points f on vertical wheel F, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of bellows B, air-chamber D, escape g, and projecting points 9 on horizontal wheel G, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

CHRISTIAN BOPP.

Witnesses:

JAMES B. LIZIUS, R. P. DAGGETT. 

